FiiO F5 Headset Evaluation: A Balanced Work of Self-renewal

, among the domestic portable Hi-Fi player manufacturers, there are always a few "deviant" guys who do not upgrade their players step by step. Instead, they have begun to work hard on various Hi-Fi player peripheral accessories. The manufacturer mentioned here is also the familiar FiiO. FiiO not only wants to win the favor of users through players with outstanding sound quality, but also hopes to create a complete set of use experience for users, so that users can rely on FiiO products.

, after introducing various binding kits, portable earphones, screen tempered glass films, protective covers and other accessories for Hi-Fi players, FiiO's complete Hi-Fi audio experience still lacks the most important link, the support of headphones.

Of course, FiiO has also introduced many in-ear earphones, which are all based on entry-level design. Naturally, there are not many users with FiiO players. Especially for users holding the newly released FiiO X5 III player, how to choose an earphone with similar tone to the player has become a headache.

, this FiiO F5 earphone is in front of Xiaobian today. Although it still carries the title of F series, in terms of its sound characteristics, it is not cumbersome to be a dancer who performs incisively and vividly with X5 III.

a wonderful match between balanced and unbalanced

Although FiiO F5 belongs to the F series, it has shown different personal colors of F1 and F3 headphones in terms of outer packaging style. Compared with the small and fresh white outer packaging of FiiO F1 and F3, the calm feeling brought by the dark tone of FiiO F5 makes people quickly understand that this is a quite quality product.

the original FiiO products have always regarded themselves as a big accessory factory in the mouth of the burning friends. This FiiO F5 is no exception, and it can even be said to be the most exquisite and comprehensive accessory product in FiiO headphones. FiiO F5 provides a storage box, silicone sleeve, a balance line and an unbalanced line. It can be said that it fully meets all the needs of users for headphones.

of these accessories, the most surprising thing is the exquisite workmanship of the storage box. The storage box of FiiOF5 is not inferior to the Paliken 1010 box, which is commonly used by users at present. The overall bloated shape of the Paliken 1010 undoubtedly causes great trouble to the user's storage, while the exquisite size of the FiiO F5 storage box is obviously easier to carry.

compared with F1 and F3 headphones belonging to the F series, FiiO F5 has a considerable gap in appearance, and even has a sense of sight that should not belong to the F series. The outer skin of the FiiO F5 wire is still made of TPE, but it does not use a design similar to FiiO F1 red and black. The cavity is also upgraded to aluminum alloy material, using anodizing process. With full-textured matte black color matching, the overall shape is more calm.

the wire part, FiiO F5 provides a 2.5mm interface balance line and a 3.5mm interface unbalanced line. In order to take care of the convenience of users' daily use, FiiO is equipped with wire control on unbalanced lines. The inner cores of the two wires are made of oxygen-free copper. However, considering the high requirements of users who use the balance wire, 66 copper wires are added to the balance wire to form a shielding layer to provide users with more listening experience.

worth noting that the three-key wire control provided by the FiiO F5 unbalanced wire this time is different from the wire control design of earplugs in the past. In order to meet the needs of Android users and iOS users at the same time, a new wire control with independent switch is designed. All the functions of wire control can be perfectly realized by the user only by gently toggling the switch, avoiding the user's struggle with what equipment to support in wire control.

Since FiiO F5 provides balanced and unbalanced wires, the natural headset itself needs to support the replaceable design. FiiO F5 here provides a common standard MMCX interface on the market. Thanks to the convenience of adopting a standardized interface, users can easily replace various wires provided by third parties in the later period.

FiiO F5 can see a lot of FiiO EX1 II shadows. For example, on the cavity wear, FiiO F5 and FiiO EX1 II, both use the side-oriented in-ear design style. It is highly praised that for the FiiO EX1 II, which is also designed with metal materials, the FiiO F5 is not so cold to wear this time. It solves the embarrassment that users need to warm up headphones and then wear them to listen in winter.

users always have some uncomfortable experience when using earplugs for a long time. Although these small pimples will not affect users' listening to music, it is too sad to even worry about the support of wire control equipment when buying an earphone. Here, we can see FiiO's efforts to solve the pain points of users' actual use. Whether it is a storage box or a switchable wire control, I believe this small design can impress many users.

alternative style metal diaphragm earphone

FiiO F5 uses an aerospace titanium diaphragm made of the same material as FiiOEX1 II. Many people think that the two have a certain convergence in sound. Just like the moving iron earphone, no matter how it is tuned, it is impossible to emit a low frequency similar to the moving circle. But at this point, it was completely overthrown by FiiO F5. The difference between the two in sound style is quite large, and even the only relationship between the two is to use the same diaphragm.

FiiO EX1 II is sharp and flamboyant, fully expressing the characteristics of its metal diaphragm, and one ear with a mobile phone will surprise you. However, when it comes to FiiO F5, I will simply give it to you. One ear is mediocre and convergent. FiiO F5 prefers to be a stepping stone to show the charm of the song, rather than to show its own splendor.

FiiO F5 uses an unbalanced line to push straight on the phone, the sound is quite docile. Different from FiiO EX1 II's sharp-edged personality, FiiO F5's voice appears to be "gentle" and pays more attention to the balance of sound. Although there is not so much "moving iron smell" in high-frequency restoration, it can show a clear mouth shape in human voice to meet the user's demand for a human voice plug.

After switching to the FiiO F5 balance line, FiiO X5 III must be invited here to fully demonstrate its charm. When using FiiO X5 III balance port to push directly, the most significant improvement is the direct enlargement of the lateral sound field. Before, the mobile phone pushed directly and felt that the sound field was too smooth for an instant.

earplugs is enlarged, if there is not enough information to fill them, it will only make people feel that they are empty and unpleasant. Fortunately, the potential of FiiO F5 titanium crystal diaphragm can be brought into play here, and loud field sounds filled with sufficient information can be obtained, making people sound more natural and comfortable.

FiiO F5 switching to balanced and unbalanced wires is not only a sound field, but a larger sound field can accommodate more spatial information. Here, FiiO F5 is fully displayed as a vocal plug. FiiO F5 uses unbalanced offline vocals trapped in accompaniment, making it difficult to express its own spatial positioning. The human voice of FiiO F5 after changing to a balance line can fully open the distance between the accompaniment and no longer oppress each other.

believe that many users who buy FiiO X5 III have quite a lack of balanced headphones, and at the same time they are curious about the gap between the balanced line and the unbalanced line. Here, the emergence of FiiO F5 undoubtedly gives users a very popular choice. Not only that, in actual listening, FiiO F5 can indeed change the balance line to open up a lot of differences from the use of unbalanced lines. In addition, the official 468 price is quite suitable for the charm of balance under the user experience of FiiO X5 III.

is the first choice for the balance of people-friendly benefits.

at present, Hi-Fi players generally provide a balance port, many users who have used the 3.5mm unbalanced interface for a long time would like to try the charm of balanced headphones. Just want to experience the difference of balancing headphones, the first condition is to need headphones to support the interchangeable design. The price of supporting interchangeable headphones on the market is generally high, and it is rare to provide interchangeable design at 500 prices.

FiiO F5 has cast a boulder in the calm market, daring to lower the threshold of balanced headphones to the level of unbalanced headphones. Coupled with the usual conscience accessories and exquisite workmanship, not to mention the switchable wire control provided for the care of users. All kinds of designs carefully considered by users are the key to ensure that the products can be welcomed by users.

more importantly, there is a sufficient improvement gap between the non-balanced line and the balanced line of FiiO F5. In addition, FiiO F5 is better after changing to a balance line. FiiO F5 has reached a relatively high level in entry-level balanced headphones in sound and design. If you want to experience the charm of balanced headphones, FiiO F5 will be your cost-effective choice.

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